Republican Right group Groupe Droite républicaine | |
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| Chamber | National Assembly |
| Legislature(s) | 12th,13th,14th,15th,16th and17th (Fifth Republic) |
| Foundation | 25 June 2002 |
| Previous name(s) |
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| Member parties | The Republicans |
| President | Laurent Wauquiez |
| Constituency | Haute-Loire's 1st |
| Spokesperson | |
| Representation | 50 / 577 |
| Ideology | Neo-Gaullism Liberal conservatism Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre-right toright-wing |
| Website | deputes-les-republicains.fr |
TheRepublican Right group (French:Groupe Droite républicaine,DR), formerly theUnion for a Popular Movement group (French:Groupe de l'Union pour un mouvement populaire,UMP) from 2003 and 2015 andThe Republicans group (French:Groupe Les Républicains,LR) from 2015 to 2024, is aparliamentary group in theNational Assembly including representatives ofThe Republicans (LR), formerly theUnion for a Popular Movement.
The group was formed in theNational Assembly of the12th legislature of the French Fifth Republic on 25 June 2002 with 356 deputies following thelegislative elections under the name of the Union for the Presidential Majority group (groupe de l'Union pour la majorité présidentielle),[1] and was renamed to the Union for a Popular Movement group (groupe de l'Union pour un mouvement populaire) in line with that of itsassociated party on 5 March 2003.[2] The group was subsequently reformed on 26 June 2007 with 314 members and 6 related following thelegislative elections,[3] and again on 26 June 2012 with 185 members and 11 related afterlegislative elections. On 2 June 2015, the name of the group was changed to The Republicans group (groupe Les Républicains) following the renaming of the party toThe Republicans.[4]
The UMP group in the National Assembly was initially presided over byJacques Barrot after his election unopposed on 19 June 2002,[5] who later resigned to serve on theEuropean Commission followingMichel Barnier.Bernard Accoyer was elected unopposed on 4 May 2004 to replace him,[6] serving until June 2007, after which successfully sought to becomepresident of the National Assembly and replaced byJean-François Copé.[7] After Copé became General Secretary of the UMP,Christian Jacob was elected to succeed him on 23 November 2010.[8] Jacob was re-elected most recently on 21 June 2017, collecting 62 votes againstDamien Abad, who received 32 votes.[9]
In the2017 legislative elections, only 112 deputies under the label of the Republicans were elected,[10] a "historic reversal" for the party,[11] with the right and centre registering its worst score in the history of the Fifth Republic, the previous record being 158 deputies in the1981 legislative elections.[12] With the election ofEmmanuel Macron and appointment of three right-wing ministers to his government, divisions in the right re-emerged, with a number of "constructives" interested in supporting his project. On 21 June,Thierry Solère announced the creation of acommon group with theUnion of Democrats and Independents (UDI) likely to contain 18 UDI and about 15 LR deputies. The formation of two parliamentary groups on the right represented a symbolic divorce to the two threads on the right (moderates and hardliners) and the end of the old UMP, created in 2002 to unite the right and centre.[13]
On 27 June,Virginie Duby-Muller,Damien Abad,Valérie Lacroute,Véronique Louwagie,Frédérique Meunier,François Cornut-Gentille,Julien Aubert,Gérard Cherpion,Arnaud Viala,Guillaume Peltier, andGilles Lurton were designated as the group's vice presidents.[14] At the time of its formation on 27 June, the parliamentary group included 100 deputies, including 5 associated members.[15]
On 8 December, theconstitutional council annulled the election ofIan Boucard inTerritoire de Belfort's 1st constituency due to the distribution of misleading electoral leaflets by the candidate; as a result, aby-election was held to fill the vacant seat in 2018, and Boucard was re-elected.[16] The constitutional council subsequently annulled the election ofJean-Pierre Door, who won by 8 votes inLoiret's 4th constituency, on 18 December, triggering aby-election.[17]Marine Brenier left theUDI, Agir and Independents group to rejoin the LR group on 23 January 2018,[18] and Boucard won the by-election inTerritoire de Belfort, and joined the group together withAntoine Savignat after he won the by-election inVal-d'Oise.[19]
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| Portrait | Name | Term start | Term end | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) | Jacques Barrot | 19 June 2002 | 4 May 2004 | [5][6] |
 | Bernard Accoyer | 4 May 2004 | 19 June 2007 | [6][20] |
.jpg) | Jean-François Copé | 20 June 2007 | 23 November 2010 | [7][8] |
.jpg) | Christian Jacob | 23 November 2010 | 6 November 2019 | [8] |
.jpg) | Damien Abad | 6 November 2019 | 19 May 2022 | |
 | Virginie Duby-Muller (ad interim) | 19 May 2022 | 22 June 2022 | |
 | Olivier Marleix | 22 June 2022 | 9 June 2024 | |
| Vacant | 9 June 2024 | 10 July 2024 | ||
_(cropped).jpg) | Laurent Wauquiez | 10 July 2024 | Present | |
| Year | Seats | Change | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 365 / 577 |  | [21] |
| 2007 | 320 / 577 |  45 | [3] |
| 2012 | 196 / 577 | 124 | [4] |
| 2017 | 100 / 577 | 96 | [15] |
| 2022 | 62 / 577 | 38 | [22] |
| 2024 | 47 / 577 | 15 |
